10 Best Restricted Site Access Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Restricted Site Access has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Restricted Site Access
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PublishPress Capabilities
Closest matchPublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus
4.7 (143) 100,000+ active installsPublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.
Shares the permissions tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 13 days ago.
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Login With Ajax – Fast Logins, 2FA, Redirects
4.6 (166) 10,000+ active installsAdd beautiful login forms with smooth AJAX login/registration effects, 2FA support, custom redrection options and many more login-related features!
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated May 24, 2026.
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4.5 (65) 30,000+ active installsEasily allows you to manage WordPress user roles. You can create, edit, delete and manage capabilities, also copy existing roles.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 19 days ago.
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PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags
4.3 (66) 10,000+ active installsThe permissions plugin for posts, pages, categories, tags and more. You can control permissions for roles, individual users, and even custom groups.
Shares the permissions, privacy, restrict tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.3 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.8 (65) 10,000+ active installsEasy to use tools to help make your website GDPR-compliant. Fully documented, extendable and developer-friendly. Extensions to enterprise GDPR compli …
Shares the privacy, security tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.5 (288) 700,000+ active installsUser Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 70 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 13 days ago.
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Wordfence Security
Paid version availableWordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security
4.7 (4,992) 5 million+ active installsFirewall, Malware Scanner, Two Factor Auth, and Comprehensive Security Features, powered by our 24-hour team. Make security a priority with Wordfence.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 28 days ago.
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All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
4.7 (1,715) 1 million+ active installsProtect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 25 days ago.
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Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)
4.9 (8,863) 3 million+ active installsEasily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 300 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
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Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention
4.8 (1,481) 1 million+ active installsWordPress login security with brute force protection, Two-factor authentication (2FA/MFA), firewall, IP/country blocking, and login monitoring
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Restricted Site Access: common questions
What is the best alternative to Restricted Site Access?
PublishPress Capabilities is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Restricted Site Access alternative has the most users?
Wordfence Security, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Restricted Site Access alternative is rated highest?
Really Simple Security, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 8,863 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Restricted Site Access alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Restricted Site Access score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Restricted Site Access on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
PublishPress Capabilities is the closest match to Restricted Site Access by the data we track, and Wordfence Security has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. Limit Login Attempts Security shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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